Inhabit you as a forest

Sheng Qi didn't wear a mask or make-up today.

Before returning to Yujiang City, she cut and straightened her wavy curls, and dyed her hair back to black.The hair length is the same as in high school. At that time, for the convenience of washing hair, many girls only kept their hair to the collarbone.

Wen Lian would not fail to recognize her.

Obviously she recognized it yesterday.

Do you hate yourself so much?

Even if it's just a high school alumni, or an old neighbor with a normal relationship, it's time to say hello when we meet again.

I still have heterosexual lovers, and I feel disgusted when I see myself, and I am afraid that I will recall the unbearable past.

Sheng Qi took a deep breath.

Wen Lian's appearance and stature are too conspicuous. I saw her again last night. Xu Tongtong noticed her: "Your neighbor walks so fast, he is in a hurry to reincarnate."

Although it was a casual joke, Sheng Qi didn't like others talking about Wen Lian, "At this point, everyone is busy going to work, and you think we are both like the two of us, doing nothing."

Xu Tongtong heard that there was something in her words, and pouted: "Understood, isn't it just delaying your work?"

Sheng Qi is a commercial illustrator and works as a freelancer, but she has no shortage of clients, and being busy is no easier than going to work.

In order to take Xu Tongtong on a trip, he deliberately took it easy during this time.

Sheng Qi: "I'd be happy to play with Miss Xu."

Xu Tongtong: "Hmph."

After taking Xu Tongtong to the station in the afternoon, and returning to the 19th floor, Sheng Qi met another old friend—Wen Lian's mother.

Compared with Wen Lian's indifference, her mother was much more enthusiastic, as if seeing another lost daughter.

The two met each other at the elevator door, Han Ruohua didn't react, and stared at it for a while.It wasn't until Sheng Qi smiled at her, frowning, that he was sure.

"It's Xiao Sheng!"

Sheng Qi greeted politely: "Hello, Aunt Han."

Han Ruohua was still surprised, why did Sheng Qi come back after being away for so many years.After thinking about it, she happily asked, "Are you here to look for Ningning?"

"No." Sheng Qi smiled unabated, and said to her, "I live here too, before you moved here."

Han Ruohua was a little disappointed at first, but then he became happy: "We are neighbors again. We have moved here for a few days, why haven't we seen you?"

"I went on a trip with my sister, and I just came back last night."

"Sister?" Han Ruohua, who used to be a neighbor, knew the situation in Sheng Qi's house, and lowered his voice: "Where is that?"

"Yeah." Sheng Qi nodded, without any other emotion, "School starts for sophomore year."

Although playing together proves that the sisters have a good relationship, they were born by the stepmother after all.

Han Ruohua looked at her more tenderly, with pity, and a deeper smile: "Wen Lian would be very happy if he knew that you live next door."

Only then did Sheng Qi's expression fade, "We met last night."

"Ah, this child, why didn't you tell me?" Seeing Sheng Qi's unnaturalness, Han Ruohua guessed something, his heart sank, and the two probably didn't speak.

She invited Sheng Qi: "Come over for dinner tonight. Auntie bought the vegetables in the morning. Make a table of what you like."

Wen Lian's attitude was the same last night and this morning, Sheng Qi didn't want to embarrass her, let alone embarrass himself.Politely refused: "Auntie, I have other arrangements tonight, so don't disturb me."

"Who said to bother you, Auntie liked you eating at my house before. With you to accompany her, Ning Ning's appetite is better than usual." The more she said that, the more forced the smile on Sheng Qi's face became.

Finally, Han Ruohua saw her embarrassment, "Then let's do it next time, anyway, we live next door, so we can come to eat at any time."

Sheng Qi showed a bright smile: "Okay, Auntie."

Entering the house, let out a breath.

When Wen Lian sees her now, he just can't eat, and he has no appetite.

Wen Lian's father died in the line of duty when she was in elementary school, and Han Ruohua raised her daughter alone.

Han Ruohua is a junior high school teacher, kind and open-minded, and takes great care of Sheng Qi.In the past, Sheng Qi was often called to eat, and asked her to go out with Wen Lian to play and do homework together in the study.

When Wen Lian didn't pay much attention to her, Han Ruohua was very enthusiastic towards her.

Years have passed and nothing has changed.

But Wen Lian didn't even tell her mother that she lived next door.She doesn't even want to mention herself anymore, so why come to see people's faces again.

Sheng Qi didn't feel sad about it, and easily digested the negative emotions, including those related to Wen Lian.

"Grass is growing on the fresh dirt walls. Every wooden door is new and as clean as acacia flowers."

Sheng Qi's parents divorced before she could remember, and there was no news of her mother after she left.Her father then left Yujiang to work in Province Y and rarely came back.

She was raised by her grandmother and two aunts. None of the aunts had daughters, and they loved her very much when things were rare.

She lived a carefree life with her cousins ​​and didn't take her studies seriously.Until her cousins ​​failed in the high school entrance examination, her father Sheng Guangming happened to return to his hometown that year, and had a serious talk with her, hoping that she would not be ashamed.

Sheng Qi, who was in the third grade of junior high school, began to work hard, devoting himself to study without thinking about food and drink, and was lucky enough to enter the ordinary class of Yujiang No. [-] Middle School.

Diligence is temporary, and the college entrance examination is still early in the first year of high school. After the ascetic life in the ninth grade, Sheng Qi chose to relax again.

She was back to the way she was before the third year of junior high school, thinking about who to play with, what to play, and how to play.

She applied for dormitory in her freshman year of high school, but the school didn't allow her to bring a mobile phone, so she took it secretly, and often stayed up late playing games and reading novels.

She is not interested in all the courses. She piles up the books, draws quietly with headphones in the back row, sleeps occasionally, and passes small notes to her friends.

No matter how good a school is, there are bastards who don't like to study. There are especially many bastards in Sheng Qi's ordinary class. She is never alone.

Sheng Qi has a delicate and pretty appearance, a lively and good temper, and a generous shot. Both boys and girls love to play with her.Girls accompany her to watch variety shows and read comics, while boys take her out over the wall and spend nights in Internet cafes.

It is conceivable how stable Sheng Qi's grades are - stable in the bottom five in the class.

In the final exam of the first year of high school, she performed steadily.Who knows that the few people who usually play together don't talk about martial arts and cheat with their mobile phones.Called her together, but she didn't agree, since she didn't want to learn, she didn't covet false scenery.

The spineless Sheng Qi took the last place in the test.

Except for English, which is only [-] points away from passing, I can't read any other subjects.

The head teacher called her home again. After answering the call, grandma didn't want to blame her granddaughter, but decided to rent a room to accompany her in school.

"It must be that the accommodation conditions are too harsh, and Qiqi is not used to it. Our family, Qiqi, is not stupid."

In the second year of high school, grandma rented a suite in a community near the school and began to accompany her.

Wen Lian's house is opposite her.

As a student of the same class, no one would not know Wen Lian's name.Sheng Qi's ordinary class and Wen Lian's key class have the same English and history teacher.

These two teachers love Wen Lian deeply. If they don't mention the proud student in any class, they must have not slept well last night and their brains froze.

In weekly exams, monthly exams, mid-term exams, and final exams, Wen Lian will always be No.1. She has no weak subjects, and she can even get full marks in a few of them.

Sheng Qi, who couldn't even get a fraction of her mark in the test, just admired her, without any jealousy.

It's not her turn to be jealous.

She has met Wen Lian a few times, military training, sports meeting and other activities, as long as Wen Lian shows up, there will be people around him poking and prodding, saying in a fussy tone, "First in grade, first in grade."

Wen Lian was an iconic girl in her school days, with a calm and introverted face that didn't match her age.Her aura seems to be only in terms of grades, she has no companions, and she always walks alone.

It is said that she has an arrogant personality, looks down on people who are not as good as her, and likes to make small reports, so she is the teacher's dog.

In June, early summer.

Sheng Qi was punished by the teacher in charge and had a conversation with Wen Lian at the door of the classroom. She didn't look like an annoying person.

It's embarrassing to say that intersection.

Sheng Qi can only score more than ten points in the math test each time. The math teacher and her class teacher hates iron and steel, and often looks for her in class.

Every time she was called to get up to answer a question, the students next to her were ready to laugh.

Sheng Qi didn't have a big smile, she didn't take the class seriously, and when people laughed, she wanted to laugh.

The head teacher was teaching the whole class about her sloppy learning attitude, seeing her playful smile, she was very annoyed, "What are you laughing at?"

Sheng Qi pinched herself, lowered her head, and a few classmates who usually played well with her immediately gloated.

The laughter was continuous, and the head teacher was so angry that he shouted: "If you don't want to attend class, get out and stand."

She was punished to stand outside the class for the first time, and she didn't think it was a big deal. She really didn't want to attend the class, so she came out to see how beautiful the scenery was.

She was standing by the wall, and Wen Lian, the top student, passed by, wearing sweatpants and sneakers, as if she had returned from gym class.

Because he was in a hurry, the vocabulary book in his pocket fell out.

Sheng Qi was shocked. She even memorized words in physical education class, which was even scarier than those study freaks in her class.

First in grade is first in grade.

Sheng Qi helped her pick it up, and the other party politely said "thank you" to her.

On the first day of the second year of high school, Sheng Qi ran into her again on the way home in the rain, so he couldn't help but take a second look.I became even more curious when I found out that the first grader lived in the opposite door.

The first grader is not as high as the legend says, and cares about her so that she will not catch a cold.

Sheng Qi thought that a student like himself would never be able to have anything to do with the number one in the grade, who knew that it would become more and more involved later on.

So much so that from the age of 17 to the age of 25, I haven't completely gotten rid of it.

……

Wen Lian's work is leisurely, and when she arrives home on time every day, the family's pet dog greets her and rubs against her legs.

Han Ruo Huacai was almost cooked, and he came out of the kitchen, "I'm back."

"Hmm." Seeing her mother standing in the living room wearing an apron, Wen Lian seemed to have something to say, so Wen Lian stopped going to the bedroom, "Mom, what's wrong?"

Han Ruohua asked cautiously: "Sheng Qi lives next door, have you seen her?"

The emotion in his eyes flashed past, and Wen Lian said coldly, "I see."

Han Ruohua saw her resistance, and his tone became lighter, "We haven't seen each other for so many years, and it's so fateful to be a neighbor again. I want her to come to dinner, but she refuses, saying that there is something to do. I'm afraid it's not I'm ashamed, why don't you call her again?"

Han Ruohua seems to be the same as before, hoping that her daughter will bring her only friend to the house as a guest.

Destined?shy?

These two words are interesting, and even more interesting when they come out of her mother's mouth.

Hearing Sheng Qi's refusal to come, Wen Lian's originally calm expression became even quieter, and his eyes drooped.Bending down to touch Fa Dou's head, "She said something happened, so there is no need to shout."

She played with the dog carelessly.

She didn't want to, but Han Ruohua couldn't force it, and said, "Okay, then I won't shout today. There are dumplings I made in the refrigerator, and you can send some to Sheng Qi later, I remember she used to love them."

Wen Lian's expression was still calm, without frowning, but she looked a little weak, squatting and looking up at Han Ruohua: "Mom, that was before, who said she still likes to eat now."

People will change. Dumplings are just dumplings, and you can’t buy them anywhere.

Wen Lian seldom contradicts others, and listens to his family very much. This sentence is already considered a temper tantrum.

Han Ruohua obviously didn't expect her reaction, his expression was a little stiff, and he soon softened, compromised and cared: "Okay, I won't send it away. Ningling, are you too tired from work today?"

"Fortunately."

"Go and rest for a while before coming out to eat."

Wen Lian entered the room, closed the door gently, and shut the dog out.

The puppy is accustomed to lying on the door.

With her daughter not in front of her, Han Ruohua was exhausted.

I saw someone yesterday, and I pretended to be indifferent, without saying a word.When I asked her today, I lost my temper.

Shaking his head, he sighed.

In the morning, the curtains were only opened a gap, the room was dimly lit, and Wen Lian didn't intend to turn on the lights.

His usual straight back collapsed, as if the bones supporting his body had been pulled away in an instant.

She leaned against the door, raised her head slightly, and closed her eyes tiredly.

—— "Wen Lian, remember, I won't wait for you anymore."

it is good.